Fireplace-front



(No Model.)

J. F. HEWITT. FIRBPLAGE FRONT.

Patented July 17,1894.

:EW 'l me Ncmzfs Firms co.. Pnmzumo, WASHINGTON, D, c.

' UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JosEPH EEEWITT, or ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

FlREPLAC-FRONT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 523,037, dated July 17, 1894.

' v Application filed .Tune 9, 18,93. Serial No.' 477,127. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern/:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. HEWITT, a

f resident ofAllegheny, in the county of Allea rear elevation.

gheny and State of Pennsylvania', have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireplace-Fronts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the' art to which it pertains to make and use the same. v

The invention relates to fire places and has for its object to produce an economical front and a frame therefor adapted to be easily and securely applied to re places of different sizes; and it consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a vertical section; and Figs. 3 and 4 are modified details.

Numeral 1 denotes the front made of any suitable metal such as sheet brass which can be easily cut with shears by hand.

2 denotes an ornamental roll or bead and 3 a flange that can be trimmed 'when found necessary. This flange may overlap the front face of the re place wall or connect with it in any suitable manner.

4, 5 and 6 denote respectively bottom, side and top sections of a cast iron frame for the support of the front and burner. These sections are bolted together and are provided with a series of holes 7 to adapt them to be easily tted to fire places of different heights or for various vertical adjustments in the same lire place. o

8 denotes slotted fastenings adapted to be driven into the fire place wall and to be secured to the cast metal frame by bolts or otherwise. Nails and wire may in some cases be used for this purpose.

9 denotes a burner of any suitable form and preferably adapted to practically fill the lire lace. p 10 are lugs cast on the lowersection of the frame to support the burner.

11 is a hook secured to the burner and adapted to engage the flange 12 of the reector 13. This reflector is shaped substantially as shown to t the side walls of the front and extends tothe vertical support 14 -or defiector.

and is preferably integral therewith..l 15 and 16 denote air inlets in said support and 17 is a stilfening rod for the bottom of the same.

18 indicates a combined damper and guard It consists of a bent plate supported onthe cross plate 19 of the front and made movable in ways 2O to open or close the draft opening communicating with the chimney. The lower portion 18 of the damper plate is inclined toward the front and is designed to deflect hot ascending gases toward the exit andprevent their coming in direct contact with the under side of plate 19.

21 denotes holding devices for the top of the burner which may be attached to -the trame by the bolts which connect its sections.

22 indicates portions of the side walls of the front which are-inserted in suitably shaped slots in the frame and adapted to be secured therein by bending or otherwise. One portion can be utilized for attaching the device to the masonry by use of nails or nails and wire and also for temporarily supporting the fastenings 8. f

A frame constructed or described as above set forth can bereadily and securely placed within and attached to the walls of any ordinary fire place and a burner then connected with the same by seating it on the lugs 10 and bending over its top the flexible pieces 21.

vThe latter however are not necessarily Iiexif ble. After the frame has been secured in place the front can be connected therewith by means of the flexible extensions 22 entered in slots of the frame and bent behind the latter. The front to be thus secured and supported can be made of thin sheet brass or other metal which can be easily trimmed on its exterior edges and fitted by the use of hand shears. The entire front will preferably have a reflecting surface. The reflector 13 can be readily placed in position by engaging the ange 12 with a hook or hooks 11 attached either to the burner or to the frame and in either case is supported practically by the frame.

It is obvious that the several sections et, 5 and 6 of the frame may be cast in one piece and different sizes supplied for different lire places. The lug 10 may be bolted, cast or otherwise secured on the frame. The inven-b IOC - a loose plate 24 laid upon thetop of" the side tion is not limited to any particular kind of burner but is used preferably with one that` pieces of the frame or upon the holding plate, see Fig. 4.

It is not essential in all cases that the thin metal front besecured" to the inner frame by strips 22.

In some cases the holding plate 2l extendsr addition to its oiiice as asupportlor holder for the burner.

I do not broadly claim rearwardly extend-` ing reiiecting side plates supported by the front nor such construction i combinedwitha` gas burner. My improvement is characterl ized by a separate independently supported I frame adapted to tit` the rear part of the lire place and hold the said sideplatesand front in suitable relationto an ordinary brick fire The frame also supports the burner `able frame tittingthe rear part off the fire place. and is preferably so combined with the latter as to exclude a current of air behind it.

Having thus fully described my inventionp what I claim is 1. The combination of the fire place front having attached thereto rearwardly extending side plates, the separate frame for the 1 support of said front comprising the sections Ldevices for attaching the said side plates of thefront tothe sectional frameall substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the tire place front having attached thereto rearwardly extending side plates, the framefor the support of said front comprising the sections and independently supported in the iire place, means rfo'r connecting the frame sections together and devices for attaching the said side plates of the front to the sectional frame consisting y of the extensions 22 and the slots in the frame all substantially as set forth.

4. The combination-of the fire place front having attached thereto rearwardly extending side plates, `thein-leptindently' supported frameto support; saidfrontV comprisingr the sections and the slotted fastenings `8, securing bolts for said fastenings, meansf'or connect` fing thesections together` and devices@ forl at'- gtaching` said side plates of thefront; to^tlie sectionalxframe all-combined substantially as:` -1 set forth. t 5.` In combination` with asfire place arport# lable frame tting the;l rear part ofl theftire -place and independently supportedl therein,

la fireplace: front, and reflecting` side. plates connecting the frame-and the front, suhstan` tially asset forth;`

"plate closingiitstop andl atdamperfsupported on said plate and provided with an outwardly- .inclined deflector, substantially asset forthl 7. Incombination witha` fireplace aportplace and independently supportedl therein; a re place front, and reflecting side plates `connecting thezframe andthe front said frame "being provided witlr means to support the burner, substantially as set forth.

8. In combination witha fireplace aportable frame iitting the rear part of the [ire place and independently supportedtherein, `a iire place front, and reflecting side plates lconnecting the frame and the front said frame being providedwith a burner holding plate 21 adapted to `exclude air currentsbehind the burner, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the `presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH F. I-IEWITT.

Witnesses:

W. T. ARMSTRONG,

FLORENCE M. HALL.

6. The fire placer front having'. the cross" 

